Day: April 27, 2009

The Nutgraph KUALA LUMPUR, 27 April 2009: Is Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy chief Dr Mansor Othman the party’s choice for the upcoming Penanti by-election?

Rahmah Ghazali (Malaysiakini) The Penanti by-election will enable the Election Commission (EC) to apply the litmus test in strictly enforcing election laws and other curbs on both nomination and polling day. Political parties and their supporters will, for example, be prevented from canvassing for votes

Malaysiakini Ruling coalition Barisan Nasional, humiliated in a string of by-elections losses over the past year, faces a further bruising contest as authorities today announced another vote in May. “It will be an uphill battle for Barisan Nasional. The opposition alliance will have no problem

Rahmah Ghazali (Malaysiakini) The by-election for the Penanti state seat in Penang will be held on May 31, with nominations to be filed on May 23. spr putrajaya penanti by election abdul aziz yusof 270409 02Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, announcing the